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Extinct
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | †Aepyornithiformes |
| Family: | †Aepyornithidae |
| Genus: | †Mullerornis |
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Mullerornis is the smaller of the two genera of extinct elephant birds (Aepyornithidae) of Madagascar (the other is Aepyornis).[3] Species include Mullerornis agilis Milne-Edwards and A. Grandidier, 1894, and M. grandis Lamberton, 1934.[4] A bone possibly belonging to Mullerornis has been radiocarbon dated to about 1260 BP,[5] suggesting that the animal was still extant at the end of the first millennium.[6]
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References[]
- Brands, Sheila (17 Oct 2009). "Systema Naturae 2000 / Taxon: Genus Mullerornis -". Project: The Taxonomicon. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Universal Taxonomic Services. Retrieved 15 Feb 2011.
- Burney, David A.; James, Helen F.; Grady, Frederick V.; Rafamantanantsoa, Jean-Gervais; Ramilisonina; Wright, Henry T.; Cowart, James B. (1997). "Environmental change, extinction and human activity: Evidence from caves in NW Madagascar". Journal of Biogeography. 24 (6): 755–767. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00146.x.
- Burney, David A.; Burney, Lida Pigott; Godfrey, Laurie R.; Jungers, William L.; Goodman, Steven M.; Wright, Henry T.; Jull, A. J. Timothy (2004). "A chronology for late prehistoric Madagascar". Journal of Human Evolution. 47 (1-2): 25–63. PMID 15288523. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2004.05.005.
- Davies, S. J. J. F. (2003). "Elephant birds". In Hutchins, Michael. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. 8 Birds I Tinamous and Ratites to Hoatzins (2 ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group. pp. 103–104. ISBN 0-7876-5784-0.
- MacPhee, N. A.; Burney, David A.; Wells (1985). "Early Holocene chronology and environment of Ampasambazimba, a Malagasy subfossil lemur site". International Journal of Primatology. 6 (5): 463–489. doi:10.1007/BF02735571.
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